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Instigation of violence or bigotry: No contributions will be accepted that use threatening language against other participants, the paper’s editors, or the website’s administration. Instigation of bigotry or hatred against specific individuals or groups based on ethnicity, religion, gender, age, ability, or other aspect of identity will not be permitted.

Blasphemy: Contributions will be blocked if they abuse religious beliefs, challenge other people’s doctrines, depreciate them, or pit one religion against another.

Promotional contributions: Protecting the website is all of our responsibility. Promotional content includes contributions that aim to promote a specific product or commercial service irrelevant to the subject, intentional repetition of the same content, and content that hinders the operation of the website. You are invited to report any contributions that breach these protocols, but do not misuse the reporting system. Do not use it to block participation in the portal. Abuse of the reporting system will cause the abuser’s membership to be suspended.
Obscenity: Contributions that contain nudity, licentious invitations, and messages including indecent language and insults will not be allowed. Lewd or inappropriate usernames will not be tolerated. This website’s users include children.

Impersonation: It is not acceptable to impersonate other users, either by using their Al-Masry Al-Youm account or by signing in with their names. Users may not in any way convince other visitors that they are anyone other than themselves.

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